The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 14, 2055
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1637
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.99° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.66° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.